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Garage Beer, a Columbus, Ohio-based premium light beer brand founded by Andy Sauer, secured a $20 million credit facility from Tiger Finance to support growth, expand its product lineup and enter new markets. The company offers a 4% ABV lager with 95 calories and 3 grams of carbs, available in Classic and Lime varieties, through retail channels and its online beer locator across the U.S. FOUNDER: Andy Sauer INVESTOR: Tiger Finance AMOUNT: $20,000,000 HQ: Columbus, Ohio #VentureCapital #GarageBeer #AndySauer #TigerFinance #TradedVC

Pluto Security, an AI security startup co-founded by CEO Shahar Bahat, has raised $42 million across two funding rounds to help enterprises identify and manage security risks associated with AI tools, agents and applications. The funding includes an $8.5 million seed round led by TLV Partners and a $34 million Series A led by Jump Capital, with participation from Skinos, Ansa Capital, Armis’ founders and other angel investors. Since launching sales in April, Pluto has surpassed $2 million in annual recurring revenue and secured more than 30 enterprise customers, including Oscar Health, Workato, Sixt and AlphaSense. The company plans to use the capital to expand product development, security research and its U.S. presence. FOUNDERS: Shahar Bahat, Gil Maman & Tal Ofer Regev INVESTORS: TLV Partners, Jump Capital, Skinos & Ansa Capital AMOUNT: $42,000,000 HQ: Tel Aviv, Israel #VentureCapital #PlutoSecurity #ShaharBahat #TLVPartners #TradedVC

Chinese embodied AI startup Astribot raised 1 billion yuan in a funding round led by Toposcend Capital, valuing the company at 15 billion yuan, up from 10 billion yuan three months ago. The round included Hongtai Fund, Ninghai Xingtaihe Fund, Soliton Capital and existing investor Xianmu. Founder and CEO Lai Jie said the funding will support AI model upgrades, hiring, production capacity and commercialization as Astribot expands deployments of its rope-driven robots in China and overseas markets. FOUNDER: Lai Jie INVESTORS: Toposcend Capital, Hongtai Fund, Ninghai Xingtaihe Fund, Soliton Capital & Xianmu AMOUNT: $149,400,000 VALUATION: $2,241,000,000 HQ: Shenzhen, Guangdong, China #VentureCapital #Astribot #LaiJie #ToposcendCapital #TradedVC

Icon, an Austin-based 3D-printed home construction company, raised $200 million in Series D funding co-led by Baillie Gifford and funds managed by BlackRock, bringing its total funding to $700 million at a $1.4 billion valuation. Co-founder and CEO Jason Ballard said the company will use the capital to scale its Titan multi-story robotic construction system, develop new technologies and expand into additional U.S. markets. FOUNDERS: Jason Ballard, Evan Loomis & Alex Le Roux INVESTORS: Baillie Gifford & BlackRock ROUND: Series D AMOUNT: $200,000,000 VALUATION: $1,400,000,000 HQ: Austin, Texas #VentureCapital #Icon #JasonBallard #BaillieGifford #TradedVC